Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserThe Global Free Presshttp://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:40:32 +0000Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Managementen-gbMoving to a Village on the Moon?http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3952-moving-to-a-village-on-the-moon
http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3952-moving-to-a-village-on-the-moonThe European Space Organisation envisages a grand project: a village on the Moon, by 2030.

Supported by robots that mine and process minerals for the ISS (Intl. Space Station) kind of derivative to be placed there, including 3D-printers for the manufacture of tools, etc. The whole thing is thought to be a stepping stone to the planet Mars.

What appears to be missing from the project is an appreciation and understanding of the facts; the Moon is no more of a hospitable place than Mars. In fact, both are rather inhospitable.

The Moon

For more than 40 years now, mankind has not set foot on the Moon – and for good reason. Apart from lacking any appreciable atmosphere (no water, oxygen, nitrogen, or even carbon dioxide), it takes an enormous amount of (earthly) resources to get there and back. Yes, the feat has been achieved but to what avail?

Rock samples brought back from the missions to the Moon did not significantly enlarge our knowledge of the universe nor our understanding of this planet’s environ.
]]>mail@convenientmyths.com (Dr. Klaus Kaiser )Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserWed, 09 Mar 2016 05:00:00 +0000ET Can Never Call Home Without Getting the Wrong Numberhttp://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3935-et-can-never-call-home-without-getting-the-wrong-number
http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3935-et-can-never-call-home-without-getting-the-wrong-numberEver dialed a wrong number? I bet you did, just as I have on some occasions.

What makes the internet swirl though is the fact that Tim Peake, presently residing in the International Space Station (ISS) high above the earth’s surface did so recently. Why should it be such an “un-earthly” event? Sooner or later, it happens to the best of us!

As his excuse, Peake claims to have had a faulty phone book, due to incorrect “rounding” of the numbers in a spreadsheet of such.

The Phone Book

Time was when the local phone company delivered a (paper)-phone book every fall to you, free of charge, as part of your subscription to their service. In recent years, that service (I mean the phone book) has fallen into a state of neglect. No longer do you get the long-accustomed-to phone book. Any hard-wired service may just go the way of the dodo-bird too. It’s all fancy-dancy-wireless now, no-one needs an old-fashioned phone book anymore, just use your smart-thing with the latest app and, voila, you are successfully directed to the one enterprise keenest to serve your (perceived) needs. It may not be what you were looking for but that’s beside the point.
]]>mail@convenientmyths.com (Dr. Klaus Kaiser )Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserSat, 09 Jan 2016 05:00:00 +0000Do You Believe in Climate Change?http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3888-do-you-believe-in-climate-change
http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3888-do-you-believe-in-climate-changeThat’s what a colleague from former times asked recently. You had to choose between YES or NO. Only some 20 of the 150+ former colleagues he so canvassed bothered to answer. He might have just as well asked “Do you have a mother?”—Silly questions deserve no answer.

Planet Earth

Planet Earth’s history of “climate change” (CC) is about 4,500,000,000 years in the making. Why would anyone think that it stopped yesterday, last year, last decade, last century, or even a millennium ago? Do you think the rate or direction of natural CC has changed because the dinosaurs died out many million years ago? Or do you believe it was because humans arrived en masse on the scene a few thousand years ago?

Let’s look at some real drivers of climate change.
]]>mail@convenientmyths.com (Dr. Klaus Kaiser )Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserMon, 10 Aug 2015 21:21:58 +0000What Killed the Mammoths — Heatstroke or Frostbite?http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3885-what-killed-the-mammoths-heatstroke-or-frostbite
http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3885-what-killed-the-mammoths-heatstroke-or-frostbiteA new study on the woolly mammoth has linked their demise, approximately 10,000 years ago, to – what else could it be but “climate change.“ The progressive news media are all over it.

Headline in the Democratic Underground, LLC: “Mammoths killed by abrupt climate change.” In the text “Published today in Science, the researchers say by contrast, extreme cold periods, such as the last glacial maximum, do not appear to correspond with these extinctions.”

Headline by Micah Dacolo at the Dispatch Times: “Climate change brought the extinction of woolly mammoths, and more could follow the trend” and further down “The study gave an highlight of the fact that climate change has been a great threat to animals and global warming, which is the one of this era could have a major repercussion.”
]]>mail@convenientmyths.com (Dr. Klaus Kaiser )Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserMon, 10 Aug 2015 19:30:08 +0000Steamy Encounters and the Elements of Trusthttp://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3865-steamy-encounters-and-the-elements-of-trust
http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3865-steamy-encounters-and-the-elements-of-trustAshley, as in Madison, had a security breach, so the news said. Millions of not-so-fidelity-minded spouses may have their quiet affairs breached.

What a bummer, is nothing safe anymore?

Not only does the world have to cope with constant claptrap about runaway global warming or climate change, now even the bedroom climate is coming under suspicion; quite possibly, it could get hotter yet. But don’t fear, the Apostolic See is going to help you out. As the Ring of Fire Radio, LLC reports, “Mayors from around the world go to Vatican City to sign the Pope’s pledge on climate agreement.”

Moral Imperatives and Control

The statement emanating from that encounter says “...effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.” I quite agree. With the many millions of dollars the Vatican’s dioceses have had to cough up so far to settle numerous lawsuits about a variety of improprieties, what we really need is good teachings about moral imperatives. The only question is if the Vatican will provide the divine guidance so much needed. Just a couple of weeks ago, Pope Francis said on Thursday, “I say this to you with regret: Many grave sins were committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God” and “Like Saint John Paul II, I ask that the Church ‚Äòkneel before God and implore forgiveness for the past and present sins of her sons and daughters’ and “But where there was sin, and there was plenty of sin, ...”
]]>mail@convenientmyths.com (Dr. Klaus Kaiser )Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserWed, 22 Jul 2015 20:28:36 +0000Jane, David and Moseshttp://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3864-jane-david-and-moses
http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3864-jane-david-and-mosesJane, as in Fonda and David, as in Suzuki are having a great day. As CTVnews reports, they are rejoicing in a rally “aimed at bringing attention to climate change, employment and justice issues in Canada”, also known as the “climate rally.”

In case you were unaware, the people on this continent need some reminding, especially by “do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do” artists, like Jane or David. The news report also says “The rally will consist of a rare coalition of non-profit organizations and activist groups, including a variety [of] labour unions, Greenpeace, Idle No More and religious organizations.”

Non-Profit Organizations

There are plenty of “Non-Profit Organizations” (NPOs). Actually my dearest thinks that I run one too and I think she’s right. Though not by design, I clearly fail to keep up with all of the jetting-setting around world by the high flyers. Don’t even have an ocean-front abode near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia or a 1,000+ acre ranch near Santa Fe which Jane and David are accustomed too—should I feel deprived?
]]>mail@convenientmyths.com (Dr. Klaus Kaiser )Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserMon, 06 Jul 2015 05:00:00 +0000Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings – and their Meaninghttp://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3863-lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings--and-their-meaning
http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3863-lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings--and-their-meaningThere is an annual conference of Nobel Prize Laureates (NPL), commonly held on the picturesque island of Mainau in Lake Constance, Germany. The 65th of such meetings, under the name Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings just concluded.

Purpose of the Meetings

The purpose of their meetings is found on their website:

Once every year, some dozens of Nobel Laureates convene at Lindau to meet the next generation of leading scientists: undergraduates, PhD students, and post-doc researchers from all over the world. The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings foster the exchange among scientists of different generations, cultures, and disciplines.
]]>mail@convenientmyths.com (Dr. Klaus Kaiser )Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserFri, 03 Jul 2015 05:00:00 +0000OPEN LETTER To the Academicians of The Pontifical Academy of Scienceshttp://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3862-open-letter-to-the-academicians-of-the-pontifical-academy-of-sciences
http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3862-open-letter-to-the-academicians-of-the-pontifical-academy-of-sciencesSUBJECT: Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Si, On care for our common home, (ENC)

Respected Academician,

There is a widespread view that the Academicians of The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) will have had substantial input to the scientific aspects expressed in Papal Encyclical Letters like the ENC and that such encyclicals do reflect the deliberations, views and opinions expressed by the PAS as a whole and by the majority of its individual members. However, this common assumption may be incorrect and, therefore, I have some questions to you which I hope that each of you is willing and able to provide a simple YES or NO answer to.

No doubt you are aware of the significance of the ENC for the future, especially its influence on the development of poorer nations and their people.

My questions are not just out of my personal curiosity but to help the world at large to better understand the ENC and what it means for the people who are presently deprived of many of the energy-driven amenities of the developed countries.
]]>mail@convenientmyths.com (Dr. Klaus Kaiser )Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserMon, 29 Jun 2015 05:00:00 +0000Arctic Explorers or Buccaneers?http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3837-arctic-explorers-or-buccaneers
http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3837-arctic-explorers-or-buccaneersA couple of Arctic explorers, actually adventurers, have gone missing and are presumed to have drowned. Just a few weeks ago, Marc Cornelissen and his companion kept armchair explorers enthralled with tweets and soundtracks like “Skiing in shorts: Tropical day in the Arctic.”

Are people like Cornelissen real explorers or just out to garner attention for stunt-like actions and publicity for their Arctic adventures?

What’s the Arctic?

The Arctic is a vast expanse, covering land in Siberia, Greenland and Canada’s Arctic Archipelago as well as a large tract of ocean. In fact, most of the Arctic (defined here as the area north of the 67th parallel of latitude) is not land but sea.

Some people think that any area with saltwater in northern hemisphere is part of the Arctic. For example, the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSDIC) daily measurements of “Arctic sea-ice” include sea-ice in areas well south of the polar circle (67 N), in fact even south of mid-latitude (45 N). No wonder people get confused as to what constitutes “the Arctic.” That kind of misleading definition of “Arctic” is also the cause of some people looking for adventure and publicity by “exploring” the Arctic.
]]>mail@convenientmyths.com (Dr. Klaus Kaiser )Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserSat, 06 Jun 2015 03:07:00 +0000Stop the NGO Anti-Energy Menacehttp://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3830-stop-the-ngo-anti-energy-menace
http://globalfreepress.org/contributors/canada/dr-klaus-le-kaiser/3830-stop-the-ngo-anti-energy-menaceThe ”new energy” comes out of the proclamations by non-government, non-accountable, and totally irresponsible organisations like Greenpeace, Sierra Club, D. Suzuki Foundation, 350-org, Avaaz, and their THOUSANDS of offshoots, affiliates, sympathizers, hangers-on, and totally blind, deaf, and entirely misled cohorts.

Just look at Greenpeace’s latest demonstration at the hotel of the G7-Energy-Ministers in Germany, on May 12, 2015, at Hamburg, Germany, a prelude to this year’s COP-21 conference at Paris; see the picture below.

To begin with, both coal and nuclear power are critical components of the energy infrastructure of many nations. Carbon dioxide (the product of burning coal, or wood or other carbon-based materials) has a minimal effect on atmospheric temperature, i.e., the “climate.” Anyone claiming different is a charlatan, idiot, or NGO affiliate.
]]>mail@convenientmyths.com (Dr. Klaus Kaiser )Dr. Klaus L.E. KaiserMon, 25 May 2015 19:30:04 +0000